Press frame



R. E. MANLEY PRESS FRAME;

May 26,v 1931.

2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed on. 115,. 1926 gwumtow R. E. MANLEY PRESS ERAME Filed Oct. .15, 1926 2 Shets-Sheei 2 Patented May 26, 1931 UNITED ST TEs PATENT OFFICE I ROBERT E. MANLEY, F YORK, IPENN'SsYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T0 MANLEY MANUFAGTUR- ING COMPANY, OF YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE PRESS FRAME Application filed October 15, 1926. Serial No. 141,849.

This invention relates to frames for presses and has forits principal object the provision of a structure whereby the standards of the press are very sturdy but yet so constructed as topermit certain kinds of work wherein the work is longer than the distance between the standards.

Other objects of the invention pertain to specific details of the structure of the frame of the press.

In presses intended for garage use the press must be extremely adaptable since it is used for work which is placed vertically and may easily reach within six inches or so of the base and up to the presser end of the press proper, usually hydraulic in the heavier presses. The press must also be readilyavailable for use in straightening an axle, for eX- ample, which piece is practically as long as the bed and much longer than the distance between the two standards of the ordinary press of the capacity to take care of this work.

In the drawings 1 Figure 1 is a side elevation ofthe press.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the table in position to straighten an automobile front axle, here shown as the work.

Figure 3 is a vertical section thru one of thestandards. e

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the other side of the block 56 shown in Figure 2.

The base of the press is composed of a pair of angle irons 10 preferably bolted to the skids 11 and also directly connected to the channel members 15. At the side of each channel 15 and secured thereto in a plurality of points such as at 16 are two bars 17 each perforated at regular intervals as at 18 and bolted to small angle pieces 20 which are also connected to the base angle pieces 10. Pref erably the bolt 21 connecting the bars 17 to the angle pieces 20 also connect the horizontal straps 22 which space apart the two standards and prevent their spreading at the bottom, these straps being tension members principally.

At the top the four bars 17are connected together by the usual cross. piece 25 which carries centrally a press 26 and at one side a small rack press 27. Somewhat below the cross piece 25 the two bars 17 of each pair are connected together by a pipe spacer 30 of the usual type, that is, a piece of piping between the bars and a boltpassing thru the pipe and the two bars, the pipe spacing the parts apart the proper distance, i. e., the overall width of the channeland the bolt holding the two bars together and against the pipe. This structure per se is well known and old.

The table consists of two channels 33 back to back and spaced by four pipe spacers 34 so as snugly to slide along the two standards between the spacers 30 and thetop of the angles 10 and is held in place at the desired height by inserting pins such as 36 in two or more of the holes 88 in the channels 33 when alined with holes 18 in the bars 17." A con venient method of inserting the pins is to wind the drum 40 on shaft 41 to a point slightly below alinement with the holes 18 where "it may be held by a ratchet and then pushing or pulling 011 the chain 44 which will raise that end of the table into exactalinement, this requiring but one hand, leaving the-other hand free to insert the pin when exact registry is had. With particular reference .to

Figure 3 it will be noted that the edge 47 of the side flanges 50 of the channels 15 are substantially in alinement with the near edges of the holes 18, thus securing maximum strength. This arrangement necessitates that the back of the channel 15 shall be slightly beyond the back edge of thebars 17 but in practice this causes no disadvantage whatsoever as the bars 17 are not directly connected to the angles 10.

Referring now particularly to. Figure 2, it will be seen that the table has been elevated to a point where its upper surface is somewhat above the top end 52 of the channel 15. At this point the level of the table top is obstructed only by the bars 17 and work is free to be received between the pairs of bars and between the bars of each pair as well,

thus accommodating long, thin pieces. As 7 end by the auxiliary press 27, the work rest ing in the V-grooves of the blocks 56 which straddle the two channels 33 which together form the table.

Each of these blocks 56 have two end pieces 57 slightly reduced on three sides to form shoulders to somewhat snugly engage the two channels 33, forming in effect side frames of the table itself freely slidable along the table in any one of the three positions, that is, with the grooves 55 up as illustrated, in which case the work will rest in the grooves; with the two V-grooves down, in which case the plane ends of the blocks will be up; and with the two large fiat faces up, in which case, if the blocks are placed together with the V-slots touching, the two grooves will form a square opening, a very convenicnt device for receiving the shaft of a wheel in the opening while supporting the hub on the two blocks as for example when a gear is to be pressed from a forced fit. The rather heavy rib 58 is primarily for strength and when the blocks are laid flat the ribs 58 are naturally down. The V-grooves 55 face each other in the center of the table under certain circumstances, e. g. as a support for a collar to be pressed on or off of a rod.

\Vhat I claim is 1. A press frame consisting of a pair of vertical channels, a bar secured to each flangrge of each channel and extending above the tops of the channels, means connecting the bars above the channels, and a. table slidable on said channels and bars.

2. A press frame consisting of a pair of standards each of two parallel perforated bars having between them for a portion of their length a channel, the edges of the flanges of which extend substantially in line with said perforations, a. table engaging each of the four bars and having perforations there in to aline with the perforations of the bars, table supporting means adapted to be ceived in said alined perforations, and means for raising the table.

3. A press frame consisting of a base, a pair of standards rising from the base, each of two spaced pa 'allel bars perforated at regular intervals in a vertical line and having between them a shorter channel with its back outward and its flange edges in line but not obstructing the perforations, a cross piece connecting the tops of the bars, tie means be tween the tops of the channels and the cross piece for strengthening the bars, a table, and means engaging said perforations f0: supporting the table.

4. A press fran e consisting of a pair of standards, a cross piece connecting the two standards, a table consisting of a pair of spaced beams, one on each side of each standard and connected together to engage snugly said standards, and a pair of shouldered members extending from one beam to the other and slidable along said table in any one of a plurality of positions, each of said mem bers having a work receiving groove therein.

5. A work support consisting of two spaced beams having alined top faces, means spaced from the top faces and from the beam ends for rigidly connecting the two beams to form a table, and means adjacent the connecting means for supporting the table so that the transverse space between the ends of the beams at one side of the'supporting means and the space between the beams far as the connecting means on each side is entirely unrestricted.

6. The device of claim 5 in which the beams and connecting, means are slidabl'e as a unit on the supporting mean 7. A press frame consisting of a pair of vertical standards, a cross piece connecting the tops of the two standart s, a press carried thereon, a base for each standard, tension taking members connecting the bases of the two standards, a work table slidable on the two standards, said table having an on restricted slot from top to bottom beneath the press.

8. The combination with a horizontal press table having a vertical slot therethru centrally of the table, of a pair of work support ing blocks shouldered on two sides to slide on the edges of the slot on either shoulder-ed side.

9. The device of claim 8 in which the blocks each have a V groove at one side and a shonl dered end piece at each adjiurent side so that the blocks may slide on the table while pporting a rod in the two grooves or may ide as a unit while placed with the V grooves in registry to form a single opening to enable the pressing off of a gear.

10. In a press table, four spaced stand-- ards, means rigidly connecting the standard tops and extending beyond them at one side, two parallel beams each engaging two of the standards and extending horizontally beyond said standards, work engaging means carried by the top connecting means between the four standards, an auxiliary work ongaging means carried by the top connccting means in the extended portion, and work supporting means below and between the two work engaging means.

11. A work supporting block adapted to be slidably received in the slot of a press table, said block having a V shaped groove in one face and having a reduced extension at each side transversely of the grooved face, the extensions forming shoulders so that the block may be guided by the edges of the table slot in any chosen one of a plurality of positions so that the V shaped groove may be horizontal or vertical.

In testimony whereof I 'aiiix my signature.

ROBERT E. MANLEY. 

